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Hmmm no. Nokia has definitely not won. One of the big problems with cross platform toolkits in general is that the platforms are ... different! They have differ

by soro 16y ago

Hmmm no. Nokia has definitely not won. One of the big problems with cross platform toolkits in general is that the platforms are ... different! They have different capabilities and completely different user interface paradigms. A good Android interface is not a good iPhone interface and these days people are coming to expect a polish that you will just not achieve with cross platform tools. The only cross platform technology that ever really succeeded is the web. That they have abandoned MeeGo was probably a good idea, but in my opinion it just shows how desperately they need something new and good. They don't even have what Microsoft now has and I doubt they will be able to regain any significant market share after Google, Apple and Microsoft have split the mobile market between themselves by the time Nokia finally releases something that doesn't suck. Nokia is in big trouble and I really don't understand how people can not see this.

DavidMcLaughlin 16y ago
> That they have abandoned MeeGo was probably a good idea Nokia didn't abandon MeeGo, they just unified their developer offering because the feedback was that the current 'developer story' was far too complicated. As a Nokia employee, I think it was a step in the right direction but we have not 'won' anything yet.
- soro 16y ago
  Hmm sorry yes, phrased it wrong. I would really like Nokia to come out with something good, I have nothing against the company and they build nice hardware. Competition is also never bad and I would like to see a truly open platform. I just think that at this point it's really not a trivial feat to regain market share in this very competitive segment with several strong players with years of a head start and (relatively) mature platforms.
  - sn 16y ago
    +1 on nice hardware, -1 on durability. My n900 had to have warranty service so I used the free nexus one I got from google at a conference. Using the nexus one, which has no keyboard and an extremely oversensitive touch screen, was extremely painful. I am thankful to have my keyboard and keyboard shortcuts again and I hope nokia fixed the design issues they had with the usb connector.

by soro 16y ago

DavidMcLaughlin 16y ago

> That they have abandoned MeeGo was probably a good idea Nokia didn't abandon MeeGo, they just unified their developer offering because the feedback was that the current 'developer story' was far too complicated. As a Nokia employee, I think it was a step in the right direction but we have not 'won' anything yet.

soro 16y ago
Hmm sorry yes, phrased it wrong. I would really like Nokia to come out with something good, I have nothing against the company and they build nice hardware. Competition is also never bad and I would like to see a truly open platform. I just think that at this point it's really not a trivial feat to regain market share in this very competitive segment with several strong players with years of a head start and (relatively) mature platforms.
- sn 16y ago
  +1 on nice hardware, -1 on durability. My n900 had to have warranty service so I used the free nexus one I got from google at a conference. Using the nexus one, which has no keyboard and an extremely oversensitive touch screen, was extremely painful. I am thankful to have my keyboard and keyboard shortcuts again and I hope nokia fixed the design issues they had with the usb connector.